God's Grace

Jesus, lover of my soul. My name is Grace. I believe I was born with that name for a purpose...and that is to always remind me that I am covered by His grace. ❤ Philippines

[rawkfist]

My biggest fear is making Jesus an accessory to my life.

I see lukewarmness all the time around me in my church, in my family, in my school…

I don’t want to grow up and have Jesus be an accessory to my household, or an accessory as a parent and say “What would Jesus do?” just to scare my kids into making good decisions.

I don’t want to only fake a prayer on Sundays and tell people to always rely on God whenever I never do it.

I don’t want to be an old woman posting pictures of sunsets with bible verses on them just so everyone thinks I’m super spiritual.

I don’t want to just go along with the crowd of lukewarm people who think the outward appearance is good enough.

I want to be devastated whenever I notice myself or even CONSIDER putting Jesus on the shelf for even a second.

I want Christ to continue being the center.

[king-atlas]

I love people who love Jesus. Who authentically desire to know Him and make Him known. Who cling to the Word. Who love worshipping in spirit + truth. Who are willing to die to themselves every day in order that they might love Him and others so radically that darkness has to flee. Who just love and love and love.

[holytemple]

The God who has kept you to this very hour will be the God who will keep you in every hour of the future.

[windsswept]

do you ever just think about Jesus living here on earth 

i think sometimes we tend to think He just bounced from one miracle to another and everyday was a Bible story but His ministry lasted for three years and the Gospels don’t actually cover that much so

imagine all those ordinary days?? 

He probably had favorite foods and morning routines and sore dirty feet from walking while sweat ran in His eyes in the hot Judean sun and He got blisters and hiccups and colds and maybe He snored 

all the times He laughed till He cried and i bet He had inside jokes with His disciples. imagine having an inside joke with the person who gives you breath to laugh in the first place 

and He had human skills He knew how to build a house and cook and wash his clothes and read 

passing food at the dinner table and bumping hands with Jesus 

talking about silly inconsequential things like the weather 

maybe some nights John was sleepy and he leaned against Jesus and could hear His heartbeat 

maybe some nights a disciple had insomnia and he climbed out of his bedroll to find Jesus sitting against a rock, looking up at heaven, and they sat and watched the stars together 

(the God of the universe looking up through short-sighted eyes at His creation, and the disciple wants so badly to ask what it was like to shape each star, but he looks at those calloused human hands and something in him trembles) 

do you ever think that the ordinary days so far outnumbered the miraculous ones that the disciples, sometimes, almost forgot

and then He goes and turns water into wine and feeds five thousand people from a kid’s lunch and brings dead Lazarus walking alive out of the tomb and they just kind of lose their breath

not because they didn’t expect deity to accomplish the impossible but because this God has been living with them

it’s not the miracles that are unthinkable

[thoughyourheartisaching]

This is so beautiful.

Also, imagine his ordinary days with his family. Imagine Joseph telling him stories and he listening, paying attention. Imagine when Joseph and Mary put child Jesus in bed and could hear his breathing sounds. Or imagine the inside jokes he had with his mother about his father, or with his father about his mother. Imagine the God of the world not only looking at the stars but also watching the majesty of a sunset. Imagine child Jesus running around the house, singing beautiful and cute cultural songs that Mary might’ve taught him. Imagine his joy when he ate his favorite food or taking a bath after a hot day. 

Imagine Joseph’s doubt when figuring out that he would have to teach carpentry to God himself. And that Jesus, the Lord, actually took time to listen and learn his old father’s words. Imagine God’s humble attitudes. We usually say that he humbled himself by coming as a human. But it’s only when we actually think about what makes us human, that we get the idea of how big was it. The God of the world taking time and putting effort to learn what we, merely humans, had to teach/say. And he wanted to. He wanted to be near us. And be one of us. When God lowered himself, that’s when He showed us how big He was. 

[relentless-for-jesus]

There is nothing wrong with falling at the feet of Jesus in silence. God can hear your tears, He knows your heart, He knows you. You don’t always have to speak.

[randytemple-deactivated20180205]

God is everywhere, always available, and ready to listen.

(via randytemple)

[hiddenxxgem]

No matter how hurt I get, God please don’t let my heart become cold and mean. Help me to love others as you have loved me.

[maynangako]

It’s hard to fall in love at this point. By this age, everybody’s broken in places maybe we’ll never know and we won’t be able to figure out if they love you for who you are or they love you because they’re lonely. If it’s the latter, then one thing is for sure, they don’t love you at all, just your presence. So what if we’re not there? What if we’re not there ready to compromise just to give the presence they need? No, we don’t want that kind of love. We need the kind of love which chooses to love with or without our presence in the moment, the kind of love which waits, the kind of love which doesn’t take everything and give nothing in return.

[worshipgifs]

The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.

Tim Keller (via worshipgifs)

[worshipmoment]

If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.

C.S. Lewis (via worshipmoment)

[just-shower-thoughts]

What if Jesus just went in to a coma then woke up 3 days later. Giving the appearance that he resurrected.

[dxscostick-deactivated20170429]

he was nailed to wood.

[jdeo1997]

And stabbed in the side by a spear

[littlemisscancer]

yeah he was dead buddy.

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

The Romans literally stabbed Him in the chest to make sure He was dead. Also consider the ridiculous amount of blood loss His death caused.

[thathilomgirl]

Romans guards back then were experts in knowing how to kill their criminals in both painful and shameful ways

[thy-lovelylionheart]

his body was also wrapped in linens like a mummy. if you believe he didnt die on the cross you sure as heck better believe he suffocated in that tomb or succumbed to his lethal stab wound

[heartache-hit-the-trail-deactiv]

and then he walked the seven miles to emmaus right after resurrecting

i’d like to see someone who has been whipped nearly to death, nailed to wooden planks, stabbed, and then been left alone in a cave for three days in a ‘coma’ get up and walk seven miles on feet that just had nails through them

nice try but no he was very dead and then very, very alive.

[heartache-hit-the-trail-deactiv]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLG5rDyDDPw

[minionforgod]

*slow clap for my brothers and sisters defending Jesus*

[encountering-love]

marry a man who loves Jesus. who loves God before he even knows you exist. a man who falls to his knees, with tears in his eyes and hands held high, without a care to the world watching him. a man who knows that God is the best foundation in your relationship. a relationship that brings you each other closer to Him. the man who loves Jesus will respect you. he’ll pursue you and treasure you. he won’t pressure you or control you, but gently walk beside you and lead you. he will appreciate you as the gift and beauty you are, and remind you of it every day. he will worship with you. he’ll pray for you and pray with you he will lead you with strong hands, stand up when you can’t, but remind you that only God can satisfy.

(via encountering-love)

and be that kind of woman too

(via worshipgifs)

[trusting-in-him]

Sometimes the most intellectual thing we can do is to be at peace with the questions, to say fully and confidently, “I don’t know. But I trust God anyway.” There is a beautiful gift to be found in embracing our smallness, in receiving the gift of knowing from our Father rather than trying to be strong and know everything on our own.

 -Emily P. Freeman (Graceful) (via trusting-in-him)

[declarehisglory-deactivated2017]

What makes God’s love so amazing isn’t that he merely accepts you as you are. It’s that he doesn’t leave you there.

Matt Smethurst (via declarehisglory)

[worshipgifs]

Christ says “Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I don’t want to cut off a branch here and a branch there, I want to have the whole tree down. I don’t want to drill the tooth, or crown it, or stop it, but to have it out. Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.

C.S.Lewis (via worshipgifs)

[worshipgifs]

C.S.Lewis

[christ-like]

Do people know you’re a Christian because you tell them you are, or do they know you’re a Christian because you show them you are. If you say you’re a Christian, then your actions should match those words. Christians should act like Christians. So you can choose to just believe in God, and maybe come to church when you have the time, and you can give yourself the label of “Christian.” You can do that. But if you want to see who God really is and what He can really do in your life, and if you want to make a difference in the lives of those around you and in this world, then it’s time to put your faith into action.

How to Strengthen Your Faith (via christ-like)